Friday, January 25, 2013

Pete has been working out of town a lot lately. With a 2 year old and a new baby at home it's been a little rough and sometimes I feel like we all just need to get out of the house and have a change of scenery. Pete came back from one of his trips and we decided to go feed the ducks at Woodward Park. There were so many of them! It was almost scary at first because they immediately swarm towards you. Harlow was terrified at first and only wanted to be held and hid her face in Pete's shoulder. She eventually warmed up and started throwing the bread herself and even named one of the ducks, Waggy. He wagged his tail every time she gave him bread. :)

How is it possible that Lennox
has already passed the one month mark? Time always gets the best of
me! It never stops for my lack of time management. For some proof of
this, I am actually more than 3 weeks late in posting these!

One Month Stats:

9 lbs. 5 oz.

21 1/2 inch

Lennox
is starting to put on some chub and I love it! She gained a pound and a
half in 3 weeks. She is nursing like a champ and eats literally every 2
hours or less sometimes. But luckily she is pretty quick. We have
come across some obstacles though. She is always gassy and
uncomfortable. I have stopped eating any sort of dairy, eggs, soy and
caffeine. Taking those out of my diet has helped a teeny tiny bit. But
nothing so substantial that I can say it's doing much good. I've even
stopped eating beans, onions, spicy foods and anything acidic. But
still, she is always gassy. We have started giving her infant gas drops
which seem to help a little. She also seems to have colic. Most night
she cries for hours at a time and nothing we do or try seems to comfort
her. We try to stick to our night time routine as much as we can, give
her warm baths, swaddle her, rock her, literally everything. And some
nights it works and some nights she just cries. It breaks my heart to
hear her cry and not be able to comfort her. And I am sad to say, she
won't take a pacifier. So we just have to listen to her cry... But this
too shall pass, right? Her pediatrician says she will eventually
outgrow it. And that it can last up to 6 months. (6 MONTHS!!) He also
told me that it peaks at 2 months of age and I about cried, it gets
worse than this?! But even with all these obstacles she is still growing
and healthy as can be, go figure! She isn't always unhappy though. The
morning time is probably her most even tempered time and she is very
generous with her smiles and cooing sounds. It makes me want to sit in
my PJ's all morning and watch her. Which I am doing right now actually.

I still can't believe that I have 2 kids. It literally hits me sometimes like a ton of bricks. I'll be feeding Lennox
and Harlow will tell me she needs to go potty... Which causes a little
dilemma for me, if only I had 3 arms it would be so much easier. Or when
we are getting into or out of the car, it is such a process. I wonder
when it will just be the norm for me.

Lennox
loves her big sister, she is very alert when Harlow is close by her. I
love seeing them together and love that Harlow is doing so well
adjusting. She has her moments but she's 2 years old so I think some of
it can be blamed on that, right?

Just like we did with Harlow, we decided to take pictures of Lennox through the months. And with Gus Gus too of course. Here are her one month pictures:

I have so many pictures on my phone instead of my camera. Hopefully by putting them here they won't go to waste being hidden on my phone. Lennox needs to be well documented, just like her sister was in her first few weeks of life. Here to hoping I can keep up now that there is two of them!

This is what I call 'Milk Coma'.

Our first morning at home and this what was happening. Lennox crying and Harlow trying to hide from her cries, while eating a banana... Just keeping it real for you :)

Another Milk Coma picture for you.

Cuddling with Daddy.

Harlow and Lennox cuddling with Grandma.

Grandpa Brent and Grammy came to visit to see Lennox for the first time. Grandpa reading Harlow "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas".

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About Me

Pete and I met while working at Break the Barriers, Inc. I worked as the Gymnastics Director and Coach and when we met, he was working as a swim coach. His mom was the Aquatics Director at Break the Barriers at the time. With her help and the help of some great friends, we were introduced. After dating for 4 and a half years; we got married on July 13, 2008. We have 2 dogs, Buddha and Gus Gus. As well as 2 beautiful girls! Harlow Emi and Lennox Mae.